Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2012-02-12

Chapter 40. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

Libdvdread-4.2.0

Introduction to Libdvdread

libdvdread is a library which provides a simple foundation for reading DVDs.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.0 platform.

Package Information

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/libdvdread

Installation of Libdvdread

Install libdvdread by running the following commands: 

./configure2 --prefix=/usr  --disable-static &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

./configure2: The package does not come with the normal configure script, instead it has a hand written configure2 shell script which works well enough.

Contents

Installed Library: libdvdread.so
Installed Directory: /usr/include/dvdread

Short Descriptions

libdvdread.so

provides functionality required to access DVDs.

Last updated on 2012-02-12 20:18:08 +0000